Another milestone for CIATalk A year and a half ago, on 1st July 2011, I published a Post entitled “No evil lasts a hundred years…” to paraphrase the well-known proverb. That day CIATalk reached 100,000 impressions. Nearly 18 months later, this week, the CIAT Blog has exceeded 500,000 impressions. The…
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Comments on reading In a research article, “tax culture: A basic concept for tax politics”(1), Dr. Birger Nerre, GIZ expert, defines the concept of tax culture as “the tax tradition of a country and its interaction with the cultural value of taxpayers, such as honesty, sense of duty, or justice.”…
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Personal Opinions The traditional way of bearing public services costs occurs through the collection of taxes in money, in Brazil as well as in the rest of the world. However, it is not and does not need to be the only and almost exclusive way of taxation. Obviously, the collection of…
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Personal Opinions The traditional way of bearing public services costs occurs through the collection of taxes in money, in Brazil as well as in the rest of the world. However, it is not and does not need to be the only and almost exclusive way of taxation. Obviously, the collection of…
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Beyond fiscal policy Often taxes are seen as ways for the state to raise money aimed at doing works of general interest such as roads, security, etc.; a way of distribution of wealth (subsidies) and in other cases encourage or discourage certain economic activities. But tax can also create or change…
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Some statistics from CIATData As we do on a regular basis, we have just updated the information on Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAs) and on Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs) signed by CIAT member countries in Latin America. This time, the update was until October 31. Not only the update…
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